Shelton (Rossmore)
The Sheltons were in the Castletown area of county Limerick from the early 18th century. In the mid 19th century the Shelton estate was in the parish of Corcomohide, barony of Connello Upper, county Limerick. In the 1870s the Reverend Grantley Shelton of Rossmore owned 633 acres and Lieutenant Colonel Jonathon Willington Shelton of Bruree House owned 760 acres in county Limerick.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossmore | Rossmore | Corcomohide | Croom | Castletown 11 | Connello Upper | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R433 294
OS Sheet: 46 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Bruree House | Garroose | Bruree | Kilmallock | Bruree 25 | Connello Upper | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R550 296
OS Sheet: 39 Discovery map: 73 |
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Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 153
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 410
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Connello Upper, 73 (Rossmore)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 341 (Ross)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 113-114 & 309-310 (Rossmore)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxxii, 180 (Rossmore)
Modern printed sources
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 49 (Bruree)
- PINE, L.G. (ed). ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. 4th ed. London: Burke's Peerage, 1958.: 634
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 547
- SEOIGHE, Mainchín. ''From Bruree to Corcomohide''. The author, 2000: 433-434